Migrants protest as police prevent NGO from feeding them

June 25, 2016 9:23 PM

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THESSALONIKI, Greece – Migrants at a refugee camp in northern Greece staged a successful protest Saturday against police restricting access to a non=governmental organization that provided the camp with food they prefer to the bland official offerings.

The migrants, most of them Syrian, repeatedly blocked a road outside the camp in the town of Oreokastro, a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, in the afternoon and evening, shouting "We want Salam!" — a reference to the head of the NGO providing the food. They finally retreated whe...